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Title
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Robert "Bob" Lindsey - CAR84
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Identifier
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CAR84
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
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Source
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South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal
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Date
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April 7, 1772
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Trade
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Carpenters
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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John Ernest Poyas
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Home Location
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from John Ernest Poyas
2. Passed for Free
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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RUN-AWAY on the second instant, from the Subscriber, a Mulatto Man, named ROBERT LINDSEY, commonly called BOB, a House Carpenter by trade, well known in Charles-Town, and passes, for a free Fellow. Whoever delivers him to me, or the Warden of the Work-House, shall receive TWENTY POUNDS Currency; and whoever will inform of his being harboured by a white Person, free Mulattoes or free Negroes, on Conviction of the Offender, shall receive a Reward of FIFTY POUNDS, from
JOHN ERNEST POYAS
April 6, 1772.
N.B. All Masters of Vessels are cautioned against carrying him off the Province, as they will answer the same at their Peril.
